"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) affiliate Wilayat Sinai has claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed a police colonel in North Sinai on Wednesday night (March 8th), Egypt's Ahram Online reported Thursday.
In a statement released on social media on Thursday, the group claimed that it had planted two explosive devices in the provincial capital of al-Arish, killing Col. Yasser al-Hadidi and injuring three policemen.
In a separate incident on Thursday, two police officers were killed and four were wounded after an IED exploded near a security convoy in al-Arish.
Egypt's interior ministry identified the victims as a lieutenant colonel and a captain.
